Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Chill

What to read after The Chill by Ross Macdonald: 24 titles sharing themes of Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Traditional, and Crime, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to The Chill

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Chill.

A Drink Before the War The First Kenzie and Gennaro Novel

Dennis Lehane

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) Gilded Pocket Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Devil May Care

David Housewright

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

Another Thing to Fall A Novel

Laura Lippman

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

The Drowning Pool

Ross Macdonald

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

Killer Chameleon

Chassie West

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

Damage Control A Novel of Suspense — J. A. Jance

J.A. Jance

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#10

No Good Deeds A Tess Monaghan Novel

Laura Lippman

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#11

The Valley of Fear

Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#12

Sad Cypress A Hercule Poirot Mystery: the Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#13

A Woman Underground

Andrew Klavan

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#14

The Hollow Needle Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Maurice Leblanc

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#15

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#16

Blood Grove

Walter Mosley

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#17

The House of Love and Death A Cameron Winter Mystery

Andrew Klavan

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#18

Curse of the Jade Lily

David Housewright

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#19

A Morning for Flamingos

James Lee Burke

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Traditional

#20

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill The New Hercule Poirot Mystery

Sophie Hannah

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#21

The Lady in the Lake and Other Novels

Raymond Chandler

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#22

The Big Sleep and Other Novels

Raymond Chandler

Themes: Hard-Boiled • Private Investigators • Crime

#23

48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

#24

The Big Bow Mystery With a Chapter From English Humorists of To-day by J. A. Hammerton

Israel Zangwill

Themes: Private Investigators • Traditional • Crime

If The Chill by Ross Macdonald is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Hard-Boiled, Private Investigators, Traditional and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Dennis Lehane, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others.